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Introducing, The New York Jews … An Old Ad Campaign Comes Back

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If you were to take a poll and ask baseball fans to name the most iconic Major League Baseball team, most would probably answer …

The New York Jews.

If you were to ask the same people to name the baseball team that left New York City for San Francisco in the late 1950s, most would answer …

The San Francisco Chinamen.

If you were ask the same people to name the baseball team that has made their home in a working-class town along Lake Erie, most would answer …

The Cleveland Indians.

That was essentially the message behind a provocative ad campaign, making the point rather bluntly why Native Americans are offended by the Cleveland franchise name, along with the wildly smiling, animated Chief Wahoo logo.

The poster was created as part of an ad campaign for National Congress Of American Indians.

The year was 2001.

About 13 years later, that image has re-emerged as the debate over the Indians name continues endlessly.

“Since 1963, no professional teams have established new mascots that use racial stereotypes in their names and imagery. In 2005, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) established an extensive policy to remove harmful “Indian” mascots. Hundreds of tribal nations, national tribal organizations, civil rights organizations, school boards, sports teams, and individuals have called for the end to harmful “Indian” mascots,” the NCAI said in 2013.

Acknowledging his state has “come under the harsh glare of criticism” over a controversial new “religious freedom” law, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said he wants state lawmakers to pass new legislation that makes clear businesses cannot discriminate against gay and lesbian couples.

Police said the robbers used a prop in at least two holdups in the Fuller Park neighborhood. They set up a road construction barrel in the street, and when a motorist gets out of his or her car to move it aside, the robbers pounce.

Indonesian prosecutors on Tuesday sought jail sentences of 18 years for an American man and 15 years for his girlfriend if they are found guilty of murdering the woman's mother while vacationing on the resort island of Bali last year.

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